Card-index container



Filed Nov. 23, 1925 SANZ ABCDEFGHIJHLMNOPQRS TUVWY ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWY INVENTOR Patented May 7, 1929. I UNITED PATENT ()FFICE.

Brennan w. WOOD, or new); CALIFORNIA.

CARD-INDEX CONTAINER.

Application filed November 23, 1925. Serial No. 70,772.

My invention relatesto d,i.'awci:'s,boxes or The sub index guides have the letters of the any containers holding index iards, loose alphabet on their top edge and the desired leaf sheets or ii'olders, and constructed so as card is found by selecting the required letto adjust one card or sheet above the other. ter of the name on the ard. Among the salient objects of the invention For example, if SAN are theletters on the are to )rovide a container having a crimped main guide and the required card has the or corrugated plate on bottom and other con name San Francisco, the-card found by struction, whereby the portion of the cards selecting the marking 6 on card opposite the or loose leaves of any kind may be raised. letter F on the sub-guide which is the fourth one above the other automatically, so that letter of the name, San Francisco. The any markings on the top edge of cards can indicators 3 may also be used for the same readily be seen at a glance by reason. of bepurpose, but the marking of the cards is less :ing raised one above the other, which are expensive and of course the indicators 3 may placed in. that position ai'itonmtically by the be lost but such a casualty could not happen crimped plate on the bottom of the drawers when the markings are used. The raising or containers. of cards one above the other in the manner When the cards or leaves are placed on described not only raises the cards showing these crimped plates they automatically the markings 6 and letters plainly and place the cards one above the other aecordquickly by reason of their position on the iug to the size of the crimp in the plates, crimped plates, but they are more easily and so that when placed on these crimped plates quickly handled.

the cards are self-adjusting as well as au Letters," alphabetically arranged, are tomatically raised one above the other. printed at the top of each card so that the These containers are particularly desir edge above any desired letter may be blackable to be used in combination with vertical oned with accuracy. A person is thus enfiling where indexing of the cards or leaves abled to tell by a mere glance at the top of is desired to be extended beyond the main the marked cards in the cabinet where to guides, and where markings are placed on find a portion of a name beginning with a the to ed es of cards or leaves. certain letter. 1t to be understood that the To the above ends the invention consists initial letter or letters of a name are to be in the matters hereinafter set forth and will found upon the main guide l, and that the be readily understood from the following first letter of the second syllable or portion description, reference being had to the acof the name sought is indicated by the posicompanying sheets of drawings in which tion of the edge marking 3 of the card in .l i 1 is a front face view showing a conreference to the sub guide 2. tamer holding a crimped plate, a main I do not claim any particular system of guide, sub guide, and cards, with markings lettering or numbering the index cards, since on the top edge of the cards. 1 designates the method I use is essentially that of the cards one above the other which are placed expired patent of Denlinger, Feb. 11, 1908, on the crimped plates as also the guides. 2 but shows the sub guide; 3 an indicator oppo- I claim: site the letter J, and 4 the main guide, and 1. A card index of the character described 5 the crimped plate at bottom while 6 indicomprising a container, corrugated means ates the markings which shown are arranged in the bottom of said container, elongated in form and may be applied .to cards adapted to be supported on said means the cards with a rubber stamp or by a pen. and includii'ig cards having all of the let Fig. 2 shows end. view of container with ters of the alphabet arranged across the top cards and guides and crimped plates atbotto provide sub-guides adapted to be suptom. 1 shows the top of cards; 2 shows the ported upon the raised portions of the cortop of sub-guides; l'the main guide, and 5 rugated means for displaying the letters, the crimped plate, at bottom. main guides having a. portion of Words Fig. 3 a top view of the crimped plate. thereon and disposed above all the cards all 5 shows the crimps or grooves where cards indicator on other cards to cooperate with auton'iatically adjust themselves one above the letters to indicate the remaining portion the other. V of the words and the cards carrying the iig. ii is end View of he criinped plate. indicators being adapted to be also supz 1 V V '1, 712,818

ported on the raised portions of the corrube disposed above the cards, elongated markgated means whereby they can be readily ings on other cards to cooperate with the seen. H sub-guides to indicate the remaining por- 2. A card index of the character described tion of the words and a corrugated plate 5 comprising a container, cards adapted to be arranged in the bottom of the container to arrangedin said container, some of said make the letters of the alphabet and the cards being provided with the letters of the markings visible above the remaining cards. alphabet arranged across the top thereof to In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

7 provide sub-guides, main guides having a 10 portionof Words thereon and arranged to RICHARD WM. WOOD. 

